New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) is a public school system that serves all of New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

, United States

United States

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. Schools within the system are governed by a multitude of entities, including the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), which directly administers 4 schools and has granted charters to another 12, and the Recovery School District of Louisiana

Recovery School District

The is a special statewide school district administered by the Louisiana Department of Education. Created by legislation passed in 2003, the RSD is designed to take underperforming schools and transform them into successful places for children to learn...

, which directly administers 33 schools and has granted charters to another 37. Though the Orleans Parish School Board has retained ownership of all the assets of the New Orleans Public Schools system, including all school buildings, the majority of students attending public schools in New Orleans now attend independent public charter schools

Charter school

Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...

 - making New Orleans the only city in the nation where more than half of all public school children attend charter schools.